@article{Yuzieva_2012, place={Tartu, Estonia}, title={The semantics of bird denominations in the Mari language}, volume={3}, url={https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/jeful/article/view/jeful.2012.3.1.19}, DOI={10.12697/jeful.2012.3.1.19}, abstractNote={<p><span style="left: 215.989px; top: 225.194px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.977428);">This paper presents an analysis of the semantics of bird </span><span style="left: 141.732px; top: 245.194px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.964566);">denominations in Mari: an attempt is made to de</span><span style="left: 485.371px; top: 245.194px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: monospace; transform: scaleX(0.463333);">fi</span><span style="left: 490.194px; top: 245.194px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.922415);">ne the factors, or </span><span style="left: 141.732px; top: 265.194px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.02055);">features, motivating bird denominations.</span><span style="left: 422.103px; top: 265.194px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.0187);">Analysis is based on a set of </span><span style="left: 141.732px; top: 285.194px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.936916);">words of inner origin that are part of the corpus of bird names com</span><span style="left: 141.732px; top: 305.194px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.0075);">piled by the author. The results show that the ornithonomy of the Mari </span><span style="left: 141.732px; top: 325.194px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.03015);">language, created over centuries, constitutes a well-shaped system. It </span><span style="left: 141.732px; top: 345.194px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.0172);">re</span><span style="left: 154.86px; top: 345.194px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: monospace; transform: scaleX(0.463333);">fl</span><span style="left: 159.423px; top: 345.194px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.949412);">ects a variety of features associated with the appearance, way of </span><span style="left: 141.733px; top: 365.194px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.08316);">life of the birds, sounds they produce, etc. Many bird terms re</span><span style="left: 585.32px; top: 365.194px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: monospace; transform: scaleX(0.463333);">fl</span><span style="left: 589.883px; top: 365.194px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.04012);">ect </span><span style="left: 141.733px; top: 385.194px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01876);">features of appearance. It is interesting to note that the names of birds </span><span style="left: 141.733px; top: 405.194px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01366);">not seen for some reason may relate to the characteristics of the birds’ </span><span style="left: 141.733px; top: 425.194px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.04235);">voices. In some cases, terms are based on a combination of features. </span><span style="left: 141.733px; top: 445.194px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.03413);">In dialects, different names for same birds may occur, as observed in </span><span style="left: 141.733px; top: 465.194px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01874);">the sources.</span></p>}, number={1}, journal={Eesti ja soome-ugri keeleteaduse ajakiri. Journal of Estonian and Finno-Ugric Linguistics}, author={Yuzieva, Kristina}, year={2012}, month={Dec.}, pages={395–408} }